Lakers actually played a really effective zone defense during their comeback, they contested all outside shots and when the T-wolves tried to penetrate it the Lakers stepped up and forced a kick out. impressive D at the end hopefully this will boost our teams confidence.

methodnred wrote:Lakers actually played a really effective zone defense during their comeback, they contested all outside shots and when the T-wolves tried to penetrate it the Lakers stepped up and forced a kick out. impressive D at the end hopefully this will boost our teams confidence.

I agree. We played superb defense in the fourth quarter... near the end though... we dodged a couple of bullets. Amazing win for the Lakers.

The thing that I love about this win is that they never stopped playing. You look at the games last week in SA and Dallas....those games were over after the first quarter....not because of the score, but because of the attitude and body language of the guys. Tonight, they got down early, no one but Kobe could hit water from a fishing boat, but they kept working. And by the 4th quarter, they got their second wind, and went for it. Hard work as a team will win you more games than lose. I hope that is what they take with them from this game.

methodnred wrote:Lakers actually played a really effective zone defense during their comeback, they contested all outside shots and when the T-wolves tried to penetrate it the Lakers stepped up and forced a kick out. impressive D at the end hopefully this will boost our teams confidence.

That was the best part of this comeback. Kept them under 100 and go to 17-2 when doing so... 17-2... Lakers are DOMINANT when they keep teams under 100 pts...

43 pts allowed in the 2nd half... good D... blocking shots, contesting shots... and then hitting open 3's...

Let's beat Denver, and have some hope of getting better as the season progresses.

okay wrote:Well the Lakers have done it again. Get blown out on the road. This game is over. You can talk all you want about a "comeback" but when everyone is playing like garbage there is going to BE a comeback.

Has anyone ever noticed that so far this year the Lakers haven't made ONE comeback?

Actually i had the same idea. LA made a comeback against Torronto with 11 down but that was first quarter.Lakers were 1-12 after trailing after three quarters. Thats just a sign of missing toughness but we won this one with a 9 point deficit in the 4th. I turned to check the mobley trade and LA had a great comeback within few miutes turning the deficit into a lead with a stretch of 3s
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"It is not how big you are, it is how big you play""Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it""Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals"

also their last game, they were up by six with few minutes left, before the.. forgot who they were playing, cameback and won the game. keep this around 5 (or just take the lead) going in the 4th quarter and this game is ours.

Great job man saying this at halftime WOW

"It is not how big you are, it is how big you play""Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it""Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals"